Coutant Cemetery
Barry Co., MO
Canvassed by Ted Roller & Jack Fly
Submitted by
Jay Trace
Go South on Highway 37 out of Monett until you come to Farm Road 2050. Turn left, or east on that road, and travel 1/2 a mile, until you come to the first long driveway on the left side of the road. The address is 844 Farm Road 2050. It is a private lane. Halfway up the lane, on the right side of the driveway along the barbed wire fence, there are 5 graves.
Gerald Haddock added this to
the information what Jay Trace had: That description puts it about 2 miles south
of Waldensian Cemetery. He said that the Waldensians were a religious sect near
the France-Italy border who separated from the Catholic Church in the 12th
century - nearly 300 years before Martin Luther. They were continually harassed
by the Catholic powers. The Monett group went to South America about the time of
our Civil War, then came to Monett in 1875. The Railroad gave them a tract on
land south of Monett to "keep in perpetuity for their church," so they built
their church and cemetery and the people took up land in the area. With a French
name and the dates given, I would suspect the some association.
Jay Trace added this bit of information: Their doctrines and practices let them
fit comfortably into the Presbyterian Association in Barry County.
The following is the census of
a graveyard, which is located on private property south of Monett, MO. Jack Fly
and Ted Roller found it after I had talked to an older couple in the area. They
described a man named "COOTAN" who had lived in the area several years ago. They
told me the old man had been buried in his yard. Ted knew where the fellow had
lived, and so he and Jack went there and found five graves. This family plot had
never been transcribed, to my knowledge. Oddly enough, I don't think that the
stones are now in the original place they had been. I think a farmer wanted the
piece of dirt they occupied and moved the stones. Anyway, I'm not sure what you
want to call the cemetery. I'll just call it the Coutant Cemetery, for lack of a
better name.
Photos from the photo files of Jack Fly
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1858 France |
Apr. 1940 Barry Co., MO |
SSW: Sodonia & Elizabeth Tessier - Research Note: 1900 Federal Census, reads that he was born Mar. 1859 and that he had been a widow for 18 years. His mother S. Tessver was a widow and for 16 years, both parents born in France. |
1900 Federal Census
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Apr. 3, 1838 |
Nov. 13, 1926 Purdy, Barry Co., MO |
SSW: Lucien and Elizabeth Tessier - Research Note: According to her death certificate, she was a widow, age 88 yrs. 4 mo., 3 days of age. Name spelled as Sidonia Coutant on death certificate. Sadonia on headstone. Buried: Nov. 14, 1926, Home Cemetery, Purdy, MO. Father: Tessier, born France, Mother: Jiard, Giard or Siard, born France. Informant: L. Coutant, Purdy, MO. Undertaker: Blankenship of Purdy, MO. Jay Trace stated Jack Fly had mentioned that both the 1910 and 1920 Federal Census listed Sodonia Coutant with a son named Lucien. Lucien never married. This family was from France. Jack Fly thought that instead of the stones being moved that the driveway might have been laid there later. |
Death Certificate |
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Oct. 31, 1879 |
Jan. 2, 1881? |
No Data |
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Nov. 4, 1867 |
Sept. 23, 1869 |
No Data |
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1817 |
1899 Nr. Purdy, Barry Co., MO |
SSW: Sodonia & Lucien -
Research Note: Evidently, she was the mother of Sadonia Coutant.
Buried at home cemetery, presently named Coutant Cemetery. However the
Raper's and E. Tessier were buried there first. Source: Sidonia Coutant
Death Certificate |
Death Certificate |
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